ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 5

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H^VymbmN³. H^p hwPoSÚ³. H^p Fjp¯pNm^³. S³s_ fp¼nÂ. ASv N*n«pw A_nªn«pw {bSnN^n¡mWmkmsS Sm³. AkÄ¡v hz]w bpÑw tSm¶m_p*v. hnPs^äv– F{S bm]v¡äv B\v k`n¨p SÅp¶sS¶v A]mÄ¡v H^p WnÝ]kpfnÃ. AfnSmfmUybmWkpw bpNk`n]pw A]mapsX ^qbw kas^ {bmNrSfmNn]n^p¶p. _coOv KmtkUn³s_ BÂd¯n Sm³ N* WµNpfmÀ hm_n³s_ ^qbw ASnhpµ^Wm] H^p hnWnfm Sm^s¯ AWphvf^n¸n¡p¶Sm\v. F{S fmhvf^nNfm\v ASn hm_n³s_ ^qbw. hpµ^n]m] hpIn{St]msXm¸w. bp©n^n¨v, BËmUn¨v… Ct¸mÄ… AtSmÀ¡pt¼msjms¡ ANm^\fm]n AkapsX fnjnNÄ Cu_W\n]pw. F{S ewPn]m]n Kokn¨ fnTpW§am]n^p¶p! F{S {b\]mSp^fm]n^p¶p Ak^psX KoknSw…! gmt^m¬ tWm¡pt¼mÄ Uqs^ Wnt¶ sgÃn tkP¯n WX¶p k^p¶Sm\v Nm\p¶Sv. AXps¯¯m_m]t¸mÄ Ak³s_ WX¸v Hm«fm]n fm_n]Sv AkÄ N*p. “”gmt^mt\…”” HmXn]Xps¯¯n AkÄ D¨¯n knan¨p. “”F´mXm?”” Ak³s_ knan]ns` Btklw Sn^n¨_nªv AkÄ tImUn¨p. “”WnWs¡´v bän? Wos]´nWm C§sW HmXps¶?”” “”t{b]nhv U t`mZv-“” AkapsX fp¼ns`¯n NnS¨psNm*v AkÄ b_ªp. “”§vti? F´m?”” AkÄ¡v H¶pw fWÊn`m]nÃ. “”t{b]nhv U t`mZv-“” Ak³ ko*pw b_ªp. “”sWWs¡¶m k«mt\m?”” “”¨o, t{b]nhv U t`mZv F¶v- b_s]Xo,”” “”t{b]nhv U t`mZv,”” AkÄ In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp. “”Wo Nm^yw b_ sgÃn sk_psS k«Xn¸n¡msS,”” “”b_]mw,”” Aksa bnXn¨p SWn¡enfpOfm]n C^p¯n sgÃn b_ªp. “”b_]mw F³s_ sbm¶ptfmsa..Iocv fnWnÌÀsX SÃns¸man fNsa ..{l²n¨p tNÄ¡v…”” AkÄ H¶pw fWÊn`mNmsS sgÃn]psX km¡pNÄ¡v NmtSmÀ¯p. “”FXo F³s_ Wm¡nWv hmVn¡m¯Sv, F³s_ N½yq\nh¯nWv hmVn¡m¯Sv…s]hv..CSnsWms¡ hmVn¡m¯Sv hwekn¡m³ tbmNp¶p,”” “”F´v? Wos]¶Sm b_]ps¶? sgÃn, sk_psS Wo F³s_ ssN¿o¶v tfXn¡ptk..FXm Wo Nm^yw b_,”” “”tfmsa fnWosX …B b\¡m^³ St´sX HätfmÄ, S`sS_n¨ {ZPv AZnNväv fnWosW f\n¨n{S¯mjv sNm*v bq«mWpÅ f{´kpfm]m Mm³ k¶n^n¡ps¶?”” “”§vti? tWt^m?”” “”bn¶ÃmsS…ASm b_sª tfmsa…Mm³ Aksa N^nhvfmän¡n sNm*p k^pw. ASpw b_ªp cmUÀ {bn³hn¸mÄ fqt`¡m«nWv Fs¶ H^p Ip¡pw sI¿m³ H¡¯nÃ. Ft´`pw sI]vSm Mm³ CXkN knNm^n¡Ã, dngbv– hqsh bmNy¯nWÃ, NÀ²nWmÄ B`t©^n¸nSmknWà tWs^ t_mfnt`¡v Mm³ b^mSn A]¡pw. Wo Nt*m. fnWosX N¼nNp«³.sWäv